The San Diego veterans winter shelter got a last-minute reprieve from Mayor Bob Filner and will not close Monday, said Phil Landis, president of Veterans Village of San Diego, the nonprofit group that runs the temporary facility for homeless veterans on the city’s behalf.

Landis said Saturday that he spoke to the mayor and Filner said he would find a way to keep the shelter open, probably through June 30. Landis didn't have details about where the city would find the funds. It costs $100,000 a month to support for the operation.

The 150-bed veterans shelter opened in early December and was scheduled to close Monday.

The issue of additional months arose late last month when veteran leaders became aware that the city planned to spend $300,000 from the general fund for an extra three months of operations at a general-population shelter, which has 220 beds for single adults on the edge of downtown San Diego.

A group of community activists had announced plans to gather Monday morning at the veterans tent to speak against the closure.

Homeless veterans are eligible for the downtown shelter, but that facility has been operating at capacity.

As late as Friday, Landis thought the shelter would be closing Monday. A mayoral spokeswoman said last week that the city was negotiating to add two months to the shelter’s time frame next time – opening in November instead of December and closing in May instead of April.

More than 80 veterans are sleeping at the Midway District shelter tent now. Landis said he expects former residents to return once they learn of the extension.

The cold-weather shelter tent for veterans is a 15-year-old operation. The San Diego Housing Commission provides $442,000 from federal and local dollars to cover the bulk of the expense.

The downtown general-population shelter originally had a budget of $530,000 and was scheduled to operate from Nov. 23 to April 1. Then, in late February, Filner announced a plan to extend it, thanks to a surprise city budget surplus of $3.6 million. The City Council agreed.